Former smokers
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Aunty Em
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Yeah... but the trouble with heart disease is sometimes it doesn't show till it's almost too late. My dad smoked from when he was 14... he died suddenly of a massive heart attack at 62... he didn't drink much, kept fit and had a healthy diet... but he smoked like a trooper and his doctor had warned him to stop cos he needed a triple heart bypass which was scheduled for 2 weeks later... makes you think... don't leave it too long.catocom said:
tonksy
New Member
Luis G said:After 2 or 3 weeks you start to feel the change in your body, you'll feel with more energy, you'll wake up earlier with so much willing that you believe you can conquer the world
i didn't sign up for that...i wanna believe i can conquer the world...where's my energy?
I could conquer the world & smoke at the same time. Remember, in my spare time I'm SUPERGONZ...Defender of what's right.
Since I quit;
I can't sleep at night,
my teeth hurt,
I'm stupid & spacey,
I'm even angrier than before,
there's something else that I'll edit & add later.
The good of quittting;
I've saved $8. on cigarettes
Since I quit;
I can't sleep at night,
my teeth hurt,
I'm stupid & spacey,
I'm even angrier than before,
there's something else that I'll edit & add later.
The good of quittting;
I've saved $8. on cigarettes
HomeLAN
New Member
PuterTutor said:
Ding, Ding, Ding! We have a winnah! That's precisely why I quit. Didn't wanna, but the odds of him emulating the habit were too large to ignore.
It's been almost a year for me, and the cravings have not intensified. They've lessened, both in severity and number of occurences. It took about a week before I began to believe that I could do it, and about two months before I knew I could.
Gonz, you know I only post here these days when I think it's a balls-up necessity, so that should be an indicator that I think it's important to hang with it. One extra incentive - sex has improved markedly since I quit, both in pleasure and frequency. Amazing what NOT smelling like a cigarette will do for your attractiveness.
You've gone 4 days now, yes? Give it three more. You know and I know you're enough of a stubborn asshole to do it.
chcr
Too cute for words
I think homie kind of hit the nail on the head for me. As I say, I don't think it's as hard to quit a pipe as cigarettes, but it was still hard. I was just too much of a stubborn asshole to admit I couldn't do it.
Oh, forgot to mention gum. Specifically sugar-free gum. For the first couple of months, every time I wanted a smoke, I popped a stick of gum in my mouth. Poor substitute, but it did the trick.
Ms Ann Thrope
New Member
Luis G said:After 2 or 3 weeks you start to feel the change in your body, you'll feel with more energy, you'll wake up earlier with so much willing that you believe you can conquer the world
that wasn't the case for me...
after 3 weeks I wanted to shoot myself.... hated the world and everything in it.... no joy in anything anymore.... after 3 weeks I finally lit up and felt more happiness than I had ever felt in my life...hopefully that won't be the case for Gonz, and he'll have more success in quitting
tonksy
New Member
imo you have to really want to...usually when i've quit in the past when i've quit it's been for another reason...pregnancy whatever...but the last time i had just lost the pleasure....i repeatedly say that i'll prolly smoke again....maybe that keeps me grounded....sometimes i crave a camel light....but not that often....you can do it gonz.
Ms Ann Thrope said:that wasn't the case for me...
hopefully that won't be the case for Gonz, and he'll have more success in quitting
A while ago I read that smoking increases the secretion of certain substance (whose name i can't remember) that makes people happier, the subject gets used to this permanent happiness, and when he or she quits smoking they are most likely to get depressed, along with the desperate need for a cigarrete to feel "normal again".
However, I noticed that smoking made me feel a lot more tired, and when i quit i just felt a lot of difference, but then again, I was a hardcore smoker (3 packs a day by the time i quit).
greenfreak
New Member
HomeLAN said:
Nice to see you, just the same. Miss ya! Btw, haven't been able to play D2 in a while because my main machine is being flaky and my backup pc's can't handle the program. Once I get my new motherboard, I'll let you know and we'll play.
Luis G said:
Nicotine releases endorphins.....natures own lil' "feelgood" chemical, which is why many people enjoy relaxin' with a smoke......unfortuneatly it also increases the heart rate and blood pressure...so the pleasant effects of the endorphins are soon flushed out. Easiest way for a smoker to release endorphins is to light another ciggy
Smokin' also causes an insulin' rush in the body. Providing a quick burst of energy........this is why many quitters crave sweet foods and why smokers often light up when they feel peckish, tired etc.